Virtual Law Practice

Tag: Law21

  • Can’t We All Just Get Along?

    While I don’t like general characterizations of anyone, this post by Jordan Furlog over at Law21 had me smiling as he writes tips for how Gen-Y lawyers can adjust to working with Boomers and Gen-Xers. I found it insightful on most accounts, especially regarding multitasking with different technologies.

    Furlong writes, “Boomers don’t understand multitasking. Well, they do, but in the sense of “I’m carrying 75 files at one time,” rather than “I’m drafting a top-notch memo while IM’ing a friend and listening to a podcast.” Boomers live in a linear and sequential world, while you [Gen-Y] were thinking outside the box before it became a cliché.”

    Oddly enough, when it comes to introducing a virtual practice to other attorneys, I’ve had both Boomer and Gen-Xers who see the benefits of going online. In fact, I have a couple attorneys who are looking to “retire” into running their vlos in the next few years. At the same time, I know several Gen-Xers who have mastered email and that’s as far as it goes.

    My point is that it does take an entrepreneurial spirit and certain tech savvy to start up a virtual law practice — regardless of your generation label. I wonder if virtual attorneys of all generations wouldn’t have more in common with each other than their traditional law office counterparts?

  • Virtual Law Practice Heralded as the Future of Solos and Small Practices

    The response to my guest post on Susan Cartier Liebel’s blog Build a Solo Practice, LLC has been overwhelming. In the past three days Virtual Law Office Technology has been swamped with emails and a few phone calls from other solos interested in using the release version of the web application. I’ve really been enjoying hearing from these other attorneys with solo or small practices and learning how they run their businesses and how they would like to see this technology work for them.

    Also heralding virtual law practice as the future of solos and small firms, Jordan Furlong, Editor-in-Chief of National magazine at the Canadian Bar Association, writes here on his blog Law21, “Small, flexible, accessible, affordable, and turn-on-a-dimeable — that’s what tomorrow’s solo and small firms will look like. It seems that, in some quarters at least, tomorrow has arrived early.” He was kind enough to mention my virtual law practice, the Virtual Law Office Technology, and the guest post to Susan’s blog.

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